Rick was the main man on this one. He 51 years old, had been with the Agency since he was 23 doing data entry work. He remembers vividly when he came across a name in those early years. Osama Bin Laden. An asset then. Osama was passing information to U.S. intelligence personel on Soviet tank movements in Afghanistan. We kept track of them all. Just in case. Whatever that means. A lot of "just in case" stuff in this business too.
Rick was in the center of the table, the leader. He had a notion he didn't want any sort connection with this one. But, oh well. On his left was Nicholas Rosen. Nick was 55 and had been with the Agency for 18 years, being recruited out of advertising and public relations. After all, public relations is professional lying. Nick had been in charge of the main handler in this case, who was missing. He too was wishing that he was somewhere else.
The third man was Vladimir Monesque. An alias too be sure. Russian to the core, having defected in 1973 to the United States via Canada. Gotta love those Canadians. Without them several defects would have not made it to Western Intelligence. Canadians are good at in and out. They proved that when they got several Americans out of Tehran after the embassy hostages were taken there in November 1979. Vladimir had been a minor player in all the Cold War stuff, but had several relatives in Soviet Intelligence. He wanted out out of the Soviet Union by the time he was 14. He couldn't stand communism. The lack of practically everything was slowly but surely driving the Soviet people insane. He was in this for frankly something to do. Lucky him.
These three men make up "the cell". A term used to distinguish a team directed with the successful completion of an operation. That's successful completion. As they made their way to the door to leave, they knew they had to get to work. Rick knew just the starting point.
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Title: Monarch’s Metaphor
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Title: Monarch’s Metaphor
A NOVEL by
Mike Bertelsen
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product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Title: Monarch’s Metaphor
A NOVEL by
Mike Bertelsen
This book is a work of fiction. Names,
characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents are the
product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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Title: Monarch’s Metaphor
A NOVEL by
Mike Bertelsen
This book is a work of fiction. Names,
characters, businesses, organizations, places, events, and incidents are the
product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
All or parts of this post may or may not be in the finished product.
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